Thoughts and suggestions for the site..
Hi Denise and everyone else….I just got Angie’s crisis email, so was about
to write to cheer her up, when a moment later I read she had unsubed. I feel
sad when people don’t get immediate responses, but this isn’t a
telephone..sometimes the computer runs its own life and does its own thing.
I got a nasty note from a friend of mine yesterday, saying I never answer
her emails, and I honestly have…I guess all of us at times are a bit down,
touchy and needy. I know I am this week, as I had to put my cat to sleep…I
cry everytime a memory comes up, about every hour at this time of writing.
But I know that all of you can’t feel my pain, and I wouldn’t expect you
to….but I do know that those of you who have the time(, or the energy, or
whatever else is needed at the moment) do answer, when possible. All of you
came through for me when I had a silly computer problem…easy enough. But
when it comes to down to medical concerns, most of us are not trained to
answer, and some try to answer (at times, out of their own experience and
not medically).
One suggestion I would add…for those who are not doing strict induction,
who are modifying according to their personalities ( I MUST have this, or
that…etc.), or modifying because they are able to, could maybe put on the
signature line…their name, and then “following a modified induction”
since this site states “atkins diet induction”, which would indicate it is
for inductionees. I think some new people to the site DO get confused…I
did at the beginning, tried some of the things suggested, and gained. It
has taken me a long time to stay with the site and understand all of this,
as new people join and older ones drop out as they go out of induction, or
lurk. Just a thought.. but….I have noticed that the recent new people do
get confused, and we spend a lot of time just explaining ourselves(and
recently arguing more).
Suggestions? Let’s not misuse the site…but could we change subject lines
as we change subjects(I, too, quite reading “Pudding”..messages) …which is
good email etiquette, and could we add a signature (under TOOLS, and then
OPTIONS on the computer) when modifying the induction in the Atkins book. I
personally think these two things would make the site easier to understand,
and not as confusing to those who really are new and looking for help. Just
my opinion…Barbara in Holland